Paul Daley (27-11-2) today came in five pounds heavy for his co-headliner fight with Jordan Radev at BAMMA 7, but the fight will go on.

The onetime Strikeforce welterweight title challenger weighed in at 176 pounds and declined to cut any more weight. Radev (23-4) weighed in at 171 and after initial negotiations decided to take the fight in spite of Daley’s miss.

Daley was handed over a percentage of his purse for the infraction – his sixth in two-plus years – though his manager, Wad Alameddine, declined to disclose the amount docked.

“It was more than we wanted to give up,” he today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

BAMMA 7 takes place Saturday at NIA Arena in Birmingham, U.K., and streams live on the promotion’s website, www.bamma.net.

The story of Daley’s weight problem is a familiar one. He was in the process of cutting pounds when the sauna at the fighter hotel broke down with an hour until weigh-ins, according to Alameddine. BAMMA had arranged a backup sauna at the arena, and that failed, too.

The last time Daley fought for the promotion at BAMMA 5 – about 100 miles away in Manchester, England – the hotel sauna was shut down by the hotel’s owner. Daley was over 170 by four-tenths of a pound.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with the saunas in this country, but it’s a problem,” Alameddine said.

Despite the persistent weight problems, the manager said Daley will continue on at welterweight. He pointed to the short notice nature of the fight as one source of today’s problem.

“It was pretty short notice,” Alameddine said. “Because we basically had to wait for approval from Zuffa that he could get clearance to actually take this fight. I think it was even less than three weeks (ago) that we got that approval.”

Zuffa, of course, is the parent company of Strikeforce, to whom Daley is obligated for three more fights. The BAMMA booking and another one slated for Canadian promotion Ringside MMA on Oct. 21 are one-fight deals, Alameddine said. Zuffa is working with him to keep him active in the meantime.

Daley usually cuts to welterweight from between 190 and 195 pounds, a mark that’s common among today’s welterweights. But Alameddine said the fighter’s body type makes losing weight difficult.

“He’s a big dude,” Alameddine said. “What can you do? He’s a big guy, and given enough time, he can make weight. But it’s always tough. He’s so explosive; he carries a lot of muscle. That’s why he’s knocking people out.

“He’s too small for middleweight. He’s only 5-foot-9. I think he could still do well at middleweight, but welterweight is his weight class. We knew coming into this fight that it was going to be very tough to make weight. We gave it our best, and sadly, equipment malfunctions let us down.

“It’s just a bit disappointing that we had the same problem back in February. Again, it’s a different part of the country. Maybe they’re jinxed with saunas.”